Froxlor before 2.3.12 Privilege Escalation via Symlink
Published Sep 26, 2026
9.4
CRITICALCVSS 4.0
EPSS 0.39%
Description
Froxlor is a server administration panel. In versions 2.3.10 and earlier, the customer data-export (DataDump) cron fails to validate intermediate path components of the export destination: Froxlor\FileDir::makeCorrectDir() contains an off-by-one in its path-component walk that skips the first segment below the customer home directory, and the guard in ExportCron.php checks only the final component with is_link(). An authenticated customer whose account has the export feature enabled can schedule an export into a genuine subdirectory of their own webspace, then replace an intermediate path component with a symlink before the root-owned cron runs. The cron's `chown -R` then recursively changes ownership of the linked directory tree — for example /etc — to the customer's UID, yielding host root and cross-tenant compromise. Exploitation is deterministic and requires no race. This is an incomplete fix of GHSA-75h4-... The issue is fixed in Froxlor 2.3.12.
Affected products
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- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<2.3.12
- Version 2.3.12StatusunaffectedConstraints-
- Version
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Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v2.0 score for this CVE.
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
PoCAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Sep 28, 2026 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
Oct 2026- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v5
Table of values (2 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00393) | 31.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00393) | 31.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
References (2)
- https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/security/advisories/GHSA-2wjc-6mgx-hq42 exploitvendor-advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/froxlor-before-2.3.12-privilege-escalation-via-symlink third-party-advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/froxlor/froxlor/security/advisories/GHSA-2wjc-6mgx-hq42 | exploitvendor-advisory | |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/froxlor-before-2.3.12-privilege-escalation-via-symlink | third-party-advisory |
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